Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor shelf wear, touch of sunning at spine, bookplate on front pastedown, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering. 8vo. 85pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
Price: $25.00
Hallowell, ME: N. Cheever, 1808. First Edition Thus. Loose Signature. Disbound from larger volume. A very clean set of signatures. Minor toning, ownership signature at titlepage, disbound, else clean and unmarred. Small 8vo. 26pp.
Price: $65.00
Newcastle, NSW: Newcastle University College English Department, 1966-69. First Printings. Original Wraps. New Series: Vol. III, No. 5-6; Vol. IV, No. 1-6; Vol. V, 1-6; Vol. VI, 1-6. Minor shelf/edge wear, small pen mark on one, else tight, bright and unmarred. Original printed wraps, staplebound, subscription cards laid into two.....
Price: $225.00
New York: Cheltenham Press/Brentano's, 1905. First Edition. Original Wraps. Shaw's thoughts on the closing of the American production of "Mrs. Warren's Profession" after the principals were charged with 'disorderly conduct.' The play reopened in 1906 after the Court ruled that the play was not in violation of the penal law.....
Price: $95.00
New York: Macmillan, 1983. First American Edition. Hardcover. Man's place and effect on Earth is explored from 570 miles by Landsat. A remarkable collection of images. A very handsome copy. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows very minor shelf wear, else bright and clean. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering. 4to.....
Price: $35.00
Des Moines, IA: Meredith, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf wear, light toning to gilt at spine, Vol. II shows light rubbing to the blue on cover image and owner signature in pencil on ffep, Vol I shows moderate rubbing to white areas on cover and near complete loss of.....
Price: $45.00
Hartford, CT: Travelers Insurance Company, [circa 1939]. First Edition. Original Wraps/Library Boards. A history of the world fairs in journal form. Richly illustrated with well crafted supporting text (covering all the fairs prior to 1939). Overall, a rather handsome copy. Light shelf/edge wear, ex libris (minor markings), two small creases.....
Price: $35.00
New York: Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1917. First American Edition [Pirate?]. Hardcover. First American edition, possibly a pirate edition, significantly more uncommon than the British edition. Light shelf/edge wear, upper front tip bumped, else tight, bright and unmarred. Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering, frontispiece. 8vo. 372pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index.....
Price: $45.00
London: John Russell Smith, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear, touch of fraying at head and tail, bottom tips lightly bumped, barest hint of foxing at preliminaries, else tight, bright and unmarred. Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering, in blind decorative elements. 8vo. 526pp. Appendix. Index.
Price: $50.00
New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc., 1964. Second Printing. Hardcover. A classic on hand tools of early America, wonderfully illustrated by the author. A handsome copy. Touch of sunning at top of boards, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows hint of sun at spine, small closed tear at head, cup.....
Price: $45.00
Lewiston, ME: Lewiston Journal Printshop, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Includes a brief statement of the origins of the Maine Medical Society of 1820. A handsome copy of this rather scarce volume...rare to find it inscribed by Spalding. Very minor shelf/edge wear, inscribed by author on ffep, else tight, bright and.....
Price: $145.00
Orono & Portland, ME: Baxter Society, 2000. First Edition/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Foreword by Eliot Stanley. Designed by Michael Alpert and Betsy Rose. Already noted and an emerging classic, a detailed bibliography of the 100 works of poetry, fiction and history that define and explore the history of Maine (1613-1999). One.....
Price: $450.00
Prague: Paul Hamlyn, Ltd., 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear, light toning at top and bottom edges, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light to moderate shelf wear, several small, closed tears, light wear at head and heel. Pale green cloth boards, black and red ink lettering. 4to.....
Price: $25.00
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press Of Harvard University Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Commemorative volume for the observances held on the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the school's founding. Tipped in letter (Aug. 1, 1967) from author to Dr. Francis X. Daly; inscribed to Daly at ffep (June 12, 1967).....
Price: $150.00
Portland, ME: Chisholm Brothers, 1879. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Pristine onionskin Maine Central RR map (18.5x13") tipped in at ffep. The map was not part of the original printing, but appears to be a production piece by the Chisholm Bros. (well known railroad enthusiasts) for MCRR (See, Thompson, E.V., Important.....
Price: $145.00
New York: Appleton, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Dated (1879) inscription by prior owner. Author was a Lieutenant-General in the Confederate Army. Howes T-73. Overall, a very presentable copy of this rather scarce volume. Moderate shelf/edge wear (tips through), fraying/chipping at head and heel (with some material loss), boards bumped at.....
Price: $225.00
London: The British Museum, 1958. First Edition. Original Wraps. Exhibition catalogue (May-June 1958). Overall, a handsome copy of this rather uncommon volume. Light shelf/edge wear, small splits at head and heel, else tight, bright and unmarred. 8vo. 25pp plus np plate pages. Illus. (b/w plates). Includes laid in Anglo-Israel Exploration.....
Price: $25.00
London: John Murray, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Susan Mary Alsop. Born Susan Mary Jay in Rome in 1918, she was the daughter of Peter Augustus Jay (and Susan Alexander McCook) and granddaughter of Augustus Jay (and Emily Astor Kane), both statesmen, legates and/or ambassadors (in Europe.....
Price: $45.00
Boston: Charles Lauriat Co. for the Penobscott Marine Museum, 1937. First Edition/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Publication Number 1 of the Museum. Includes a list of vessels built by Captain Thompson. A nearly pristine copy of this noted volume. Tight, bright and unmarred. Blue cloth DJ shows hint of sunning at spine.....
Price: $225.00
Philadelphia, PA: Towar & Hogan, 1828. Second Edition (American). Hardcover. "Second American, from the Eighth London Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. With Notes and Additions of the Recent English and Some American Cases. (By Francis J. Troubat)" (from title page). Overall, a handsome set of this rather uncommon edition. Light shelf.....
Price: $150.00
Boston, MA: Emery & Hughes, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. This unit is noted for suffering the highest casualty rates of any Union Cavalry regiment (recorded as 15 officers and 159 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and an additional 344 men dying of disease). A handsome copy of this signficant.....
Price: $575.00
New York: Dorset Press, 1987. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very minimal shelf wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows minimal shelf wear, else bright and clean. Brown textured paper boards, gilt lettering, frontispiece. 8vo. 140pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Index.
Price: $22.00
Paris: Ancienne Librairie Furne/Boivin & Cie, Editeurs, 1909. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Part of the series "Collection d'Albums Historiques". Text in French. 38 full page plates (including double page). A very handsome copy. Light shelf/edge wear, touch of gilt toning at spine, else tight, bright and unmarred. Teal cloth boards.....
Price: $750.00
Paris: Ancienne Librairie Furne/Boivin & Cie, Editeurs, 1917. First Edition Thus (presumed). Hardcover. Part of the series "Collection d'Albums Historiques". Text in French. Full page illustrations, some with text overprinting (and double page images). A very handsome copy. Light shelf/edge wear, touch of fraying at head and tail, corners gently.....
Price: $425.00
New York: James A. McCann Co, 1920. First American Edition. Hardcover. The first significant memoir published detailing the ill-fated British Mesopotamian campaign in WW I. A handsome set. Minor shelf/edge, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth board, gilt lettering and decorative elements, in blind decorative elements, frontispiece, teg. 8vo.....
Price: $145.00